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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 8, sentence 31

I was taught first to read and write, and then to learn the Koran, which is the basis of our holy religion, and the better to understand it, I read with my tutors the ablest commentators on its teaching, and committed to memory all the traditions respecting the Prophet, which have been gathered from the mouth of those who were his friends.

Who acts: I, Koran, traditions · What happens: teach, read, write, learn, be, understand · To what, where: I, Koran, basis, traditions, Prophet, mouth · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Koran, traditions), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

The tree

nsubj:passaux:passadvmodmarkxcompccconjpunctccadvmodmarkparataxisdetobjpunctnsubjcopdetapposcasenmod:possamodnmodpunctccdetparataxismarkcsubjobjpunctnsubjconjcasenmod:possobldetamodnmodcasenmod:possnmodpunctccconjcaseobldet:predetdetoblacldetobjpunctnsubj:passauxaux:passacl:relclcasedetoblcasenmodnsubjcopnmod:possacl:relclpunctrootIPRONwasAUXtaughtVERBfirstADVtoPARTreadVERBandCCONJwriteVERB,PUNCTandCCONJthenADVtoPARTlearnVERBtheDETKoranPROPN,PUNCTwhichPRONisAUXtheDETbasisNOUNofADPourPRONholyADJreligionNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETbetterADJtoPARTunderstandVERBitPRON,PUNCTIPRONreadVERBwithADPmyPRONtutorsNOUNtheDETablestADJcommentatorsNOUNonADPitsPRONteachingNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJcommittedADJtoADPmemoryNOUNallDETtheDETtraditionsNOUNrespectingVERBtheDETProphetPROPN,PUNCTwhichPRONhaveAUXbeenAUXgatheredVERBfromADPtheDETmouthNOUNofADPthosePRONwhoPRONwereAUXhisPRONfriendsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs3 taughtnsubj:pass
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 taughtaux:pass
3taughtteachVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4firstfirstADVNumForm=Word NumType=Ord3 taughtadvmod
5totoPART_6 readmark
6readreadVERBVerbForm=Inf3 taughtxcomp
7andandCCONJ_8 writecc
8writewriteVERBVerbForm=Inf6 readconj
9,,PUNCT_13 learnpunct
10andandCCONJ_13 learncc
11thenthenADVPronType=Dem13 learnadvmod
12totoPART_13 learnmark
13learnlearnVERBVerbForm=Inf3 taughtparataxis
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 Korandet
15KoranKoranPROPNNumber=Sing13 learnobj
16,,PUNCT_20 basispunct
17whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel20 basisnsubj
18isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin20 basiscop
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 basisdet
20basisbasisNOUNNumber=Sing15 Koranappos
21ofofADP_24 religioncase
22ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs24 religionnmod:poss
23holyholyADJDegree=Pos24 religionamod
24religionreligionNOUNNumber=Sing20 basisnmod
25,,PUNCT_28 betterpunct
26andandCCONJ_28 bettercc
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 betterdet
28bettergoodADJDegree=Cmp13 learnparataxis
29totoPART_30 understandmark
30understandunderstandVERBVerbForm=Inf28 bettercsubj
31ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 understandobj
32,,PUNCT_34 readpunct
33IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs34 readnsubj
34readreadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 taughtconj
35withwithADP_37 tutorscase
36mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs37 tutorsnmod:poss
37tutorstutorNOUNNumber=Plur34 readobl
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 commentatorsdet
39ablestableADJDegree=Sup40 commentatorsamod
40commentatorscommentatorNOUNNumber=Plur37 tutorsnmod
41ononADP_43 teachingcase
42itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 teachingnmod:poss
43teachingteachingNOUNNumber=Sing40 commentatorsnmod
44,,PUNCT_46 committedpunct
45andandCCONJ_46 committedcc
46committedcommittedADJDegree=Pos34 readconj
47totoADP_48 memorycase
48memorymemoryNOUNNumber=Sing46 committedobl
49allallDETPronType=Tot51 traditionsdet:predet
50thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art51 traditionsdet
51traditionstraditionNOUNNumber=Plur34 readobl
52respectingrespectVERBVerbForm=Ger51 traditionsacl
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art54 Prophetdet
54ProphetProphetPROPNNumber=Sing52 respectingobj
55,,PUNCT_59 gatheredpunct
56whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel59 gatherednsubj:pass
57havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin59 gatheredaux
58beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part59 gatheredaux:pass
59gatheredgatherVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass54 Prophetacl:relcl
60fromfromADP_62 mouthcase
61thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art62 mouthdet
62mouthmouthNOUNNumber=Sing59 gatheredobl
63ofofADP_64 thosecase
64thosethatPRONNumber=Plur PronType=Dem62 mouthnmod
65whowhoPRONPronType=Rel68 friendsnsubj
66werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin68 friendscop
67hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs68 friendsnmod:poss
68friendsfriendNOUNNumber=Plur64 thoseacl:relcl
69..PUNCT_3 taughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1teach speech: otherpast · passiveIfirst propertyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2readto-infinitiveI not said herevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3writeinfinitiveI not said herevn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4learnto-infinitivethe Koranthenvn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent koran=Topic
5is apresentthe Koranthe basisof our holy religiontree rules
6understandto-infinitiveKoranvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
7readpresentIall traditionswith my tutors the ablest commentators on Koran's teachingvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8respectgerundall traditions not said herethe Prophetvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prophet=Stimulus
9gatherpresent · perfect · passivethe Prophetthe mouth of thosevn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from mouth=Source
10is apastKing's friendstree rules
11teachKorannom teaching «act transitive»: poss=agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 128 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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